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Francis Quarles

8 May 1592-8 September 1644

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Anger is, when long in coming, the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.

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Appearance is not important. To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying house for its paint.

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Charity is distinguished from pride in that while both feed the poor and build hospitals, charity gives her glory to God while pride takes her glory from man.

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Gold is Ctesar's treasure, man is God's ; thy gold hath Ciesar’s image, and thou hast God’s ; give, therefore, those things unto Caesar which are Caesar’s, and unto God which are God’s.

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The Heart is a small thing, but desires great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite’s dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

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Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.